Main Street Omnibus
Last Updated: April 7, 2022
Take in all the sights on Main Street from atop this double-decker bus. Main Street vehicles, provide one way transportation between Town Square and Central Plaza.
ID:
TMS-482
Dates Open:
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Construction: 0
Onstage: 14
Backstage: 2
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Deaths & Injuries:
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Audio Clips:
1
Videos:
1
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Main Street Omnibus Secrets:
Required an "A" ticket in 1956-1957
Omnibus #2 was added in December 1957
Required a "B" ticket in 1959
Required an "A" ticket in 1964-1965
From Main Street Vehicles Story Guide 1966:
The omnibus is a very nearly authentic reproduction of Fifth Avenue busses which were the main mode of transportation in turn-of-the-century New York. Some are still in operation there. Only one authentic part — an old electric klaxon horn — is used. The drop frame chassis is from a modern-day truck, and the bus has both power steering and power brakes. Certain adaption's in height and seating to provide greater comfort, safety, and convenience for our guests were made by the Studio designers, but the busses are as nearly authentic as possible. The motor takes advantage of modern improvements which provide for better operation — and no smog.
From WED Disneyland Dictionary 1968
Open-air, double-deck busses of the type used in major cities at the beginning of this century -- travel the Town Square-Plaza route with the driver providing a colorful live-narration along the way.
Required an "A" ticket in 1970's
Main Street Omnibus Specifications:
THEORETICAL CAPACITY
This figure is what the attraction should yield under ideal conditions utilizing all units in the system with no loss in efficiency at any position. This figure should be seldom or never attained. It is an ideal against which to measure.
Theoretical Capacity:
404 per hour
DISPATCH INTERVAL
The time interval between the dispatching of units.
Dispatch Interval:
5:10
INSTANTANOUS CAPACITY
Number of guests that can be handled when ride opens
Instantanous Capacity:
Trips:
11 per hour:
Audience Control Capacity:
DISTANCE
Distance Traveled
Distance:
1940 feet
CAPACITY PER UNIT
Capacity for each vehicle or show
Capacity Per Unit:
35
SPEED
Average speed vehicles travel
Speed:
4.00
CYCLE TIME
From the time a unit passes any given point in the cycle until it returns to that same point.
Cycle Time:
10:20
QUEUE FACTOR
Average wait time; the number of minutes from the time a guest steps into a line until he actually sets foot on an attraction. 1965
Queue Factor:
Negligible
LOAD TIME
From the time the guest(s) begins to enter the unit until the guest(s) is seated and the unit is safe to dispatch.
Load Time:
1:40
TRIP TIME
From dispatch to unload.
Trip Time:
2:40
ATTENDANCE FACTOR
(Total Guests Carried/Total Main Gate Attendance) * 100 (1964)
Attendance Factor:
13.3
UTILIZATION FACTOR
Capacity Percentage * Attendance Percentage (1964)
Utilization Factor:
8.0
NOTES:
Dispatch: 5:10 (1 unit) 2:35 (2 units)
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